The Star Tribune’s choice to include an extremely transphobic advertisement in its Sunday issue was horrific. It was a blatant disregard for ethics, and shocking coming from a newspaper many have come to believe is respectable.
At a glance, the advertisement appeared to be about men invading the...

Many South students may remember the beautiful, treasured artwork that used to grace the west wall of our cafeteria. The smiling fruits and veggies brought us together as students and promoted an over all South community. This winter, however, an unexpected tragedy occurred. Our cafeteria was redone o...

“That’s not a real book!” - The battling cry of the jealous, perhaps? I’ll admit, I used to look down on ebooks, but now that I have a kindle I know that they’re practically magic - it makes my bag bigger on the inside. It’s much easier to carry my kindle than to haul around fourteen act...

On Saturday, March 15, throngs of green-clad Minneapolitans crowded the streets of Downtown, participating in various St. Patrick’s Day activities. While some of these included watching a parade, and special stations for children, the one activity St. Patrick’s Day is associated with is always th...

Ask anyone and I’m pretty sure they would tell you they want longer weekends. Students start looking forward to 3pm on Friday the minute their alarm wakes them up on Monday morning. Weekends are opportunities for students to let go of stress and to focus on the activities they enjoy. Some people just ...

In a certain part of South, students smudge, participate in drum circles, and learn about American Indian culture. Unfortunately, that learning doesn’t spread to the rest of the school.
South’s Liberal Arts and Open programs don’t focus enough on American Indian history. Important historical events s...

As youth sports become increasingly competitive, coaching styles intensify with them. Make a mistake on the field and a supportive "Thats okay, try again!" is not what you’re going to get. Harsh tactics often get results, but is that how young players should believe how success is achieved?
My coach is someone...

Prestigious girl with a promising future and a death of a loved one falls for a working class boy with a dark past. Sound familiar? Of course it does. It has happened in practically all teenage romance movies. The remake of Endless Love was no exception to this boring, overused cliche of a story.
Al...

As the Olympics begin our eyes are caught by flying Russian girls, sparkly figure skaters, and that one sport where they kneel and slide the big stone puck across the ice. Today when I opened Google I noticed something else, a particularly amazing doodle. The letters of Google were made of different...

The number of sites that we, as students, are denied access to at school is, frankly, ridiculous and counterproductive. With criteria that block out “prohibited forum content,” for example, the overzealous filters mean that a lot of useful information is unavailable. We can’t view parts of maj...

I love the language Latin. Yes, Latin, the dead language is so alive and relevant, I see it everywhere: on buildings, in churches, in Harry Potter, in other languages, in words, and in social constructs and norms. The moment when you can read the side of a building which has Latin written on it or und...

Recently, I saw a twitter petition protesting homework being required of student athletes. It stated, “athletes should receive less to no homework, compared to classmates that do not participate in sports.” This tweet received 22,879 retweets. This mindset is born from the common idea that athleti...